As a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, I contributed to the debate on the need for revised criteria for Special Needs Assistant (SNA) qualification. Full transcript will be available here for 21st June 2022 session: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/33/education/
Full Transcript: I will pick up where Deputy Nash left off and congratulate the Minister on this Bill, which is a significant and overdue piece of work. I want to dwell briefly on something we take for granted, which is just how lucky we are to live in a parliamentary democracy. If one reckons across…
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science discussed the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022. Transcript will be available here https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?member=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fmember%2Fid%2FMarc-%C3%93-Cathasaigh.D.2020-02-08
It is important and timely to have this debate on youth mental health, particularly as we emerge from the Covid pandemic. It is a tough time to be a young person. I made what I hope are the majority of my mistakes at a time before social media and before digital cameras were ubiquitous. How difficult it must…
Sports Capital Programme November 30, 2020 As we look forward to Waterford’s place in the upcoming Hurling All Ireland Final, sport is on the mind of everyone in the county! 2020 has been a year like no other for sport in Ireland but I’m happy to see that registration for the Sports Capital Programme opens…
Wellbeing Indicators Dublin, November 17, 2020 My Green Party colleagues and I launched our Wellbeing Indicators Position Paper earlier today. We believe that GDP is not a way to measure the wellbeing and the quality of life of Irish Citizens; it’s time we looked to Wellbeing Indicators to measure the welfare of the Irish nation…
Traveller Education. November 13, 2020 Waterford Green Party TD welcomes an announcement of €300,000 for targeted supports to ensure that the increase in Traveller participation in Higher Education remains on track. Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD, Green Party Spokesperson for Social Protection and a former Primary School teacher welcomed the announcement of €300,000 funding by Minister…
Withdrawal of the UK from the EU Bill I spoke in the Dáil this week on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU Bill. It seems to be clear that the subject of fisheries remains an outstanding issue for which an agreement has not been reached. No common ground has been found when it…
North Quays Announcement Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes today’s historic announcement of unprecedented funding for the North Quays Project which he says displays a significant vote of confidence in our city and county. The total package of €110.6m is made up of €80.6m in Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) support for…